1974 commonwealth games 1500m results

AW Follow. Find out where your event ranks on the list of 'fastest and slowest'. Subscribe to the AW Newsletter. Newsletter Signup First Name. If you are human, leave this field blank. Send me the newsletter. About The Author. Athletics Weekly. Recent Posts. Search Search for:. The final major event of his competitive career was finishing 11th in the Moscow Olympic Games.

The first Great North Run was hosted on the 28th June, It is typical of Foster to have never received a notification of approval of the event from the Police services to this date.

Brendan is now a BBC sports commentator for their coverage of athletics events. Brendan has been a credit to the athletics world throughout his life, excelling both on and off the track. His sporting achievements and entrepreneurial tact have help to make athletics much more accessible to everyone, especially here in the North East. It is because of these reasons that Brendan was elected into the England Athletics Hall of Fame back in , and will forever be a Gateshead Harriers legend.

And I was able just to concentrate on myself. Did he, at any point, question whether his bold attitude was misjudged?

And I knew that if I ran ahead they would just think that over the last metres, metres, they would catch me. Making some mathematics there. Training for four years, and then two months before the Olympics something like that happens. What can you do? But he is clear in his mind, as he looks back now, that he could have had a medal — and maybe the best one.

And every time when I see it, it is just like the same day. The Scottish athletics party totalled 58 athletes and officials and they are listed below. The athletics party of 58 had only four non-competitors each of whom was an essential part of the team. An athlete:official ratio of is remarkable by present day standards.

The total number of athletes taking part was , made up of men and women. Edinburgh had more countries sending more athletes than ever before.